The Feast

Chapter 48: Back to the kitchen

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Just like this, she came to the kitchen yard with a dignified appearance and a boiling heart. As soon as she entered the door, she saw two women washing vegetables and rice there. She was stunned when she saw her coming. Su Nuannuan didn't have any concept of dignity in her heart. Happy again, he stretched out his hand and greeted with a smile on his face, "Are you busy?"

"Oh my god, grandma is here."

The two women threw the vegetable pots and turned around and ran into the house. The scene was like seeing a carnivorous dinosaur, which made Su Nuannuan so depressed, secretly wondering what? Could it be that my reputation has already spread throughout the Hou Mansion? It's all about this bastard Duan Tingxuan, he must be the one who ruined my reputation and called me a tigress, which makes people so scared.

The grandma forgot for a moment the scene of "Story of the Tiger's Mouth Seizing Food" that she had personally performed in this kitchen, and put all the blame on the young master. However, after going through this scene, her boiling mood finally cooled down slightly, she coughed, looked around, and saw Honglian and Xiangyun lowering their heads and covering their faces at the same time, she said in a deep voice: "What do you look like? Look? Cheer me up."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a yell from the kitchen: "It's not worth it, it's the big grandma. When she comes, you don't say hurry to greet her, but run back. When did you become so unmannered?"

As the words fell, the daughter-in-law of the Xue family came out with a smile all over her face. Behind her, there were a group of cringeworthy maids and women, all of whom looked at Su Nuannuan with dodge eyes. The traumatized supporting role in "The Story of Hukou Seizes Food".

If you don't say that someone can be the supervisor of the kitchen, look at this adaptability, it is superior to others.

Su Nuannuan sighed in her heart, stretched out her hand and patted the shoulder of Xue's daughter-in-law opposite, and said seriously: "You are really a talent. With you in charge of the kitchen, I feel relieved."

"Thank you for your compliment, grandma. From now on, whenever grandma needs something, she doesn't have to come here in person. Just ask Miss Honglian or Xiangyun to come and tell her."

The daughter-in-law of the Xue family was so flattered that her bones became lighter immediately. She is a flexible person. How can you not see the situation clearly? Now the young master is obviously attracted to the grandma in Meiyuelou. The women in this mansion are all the same. Without a man's protection, life is worse than death. Once they have a man's favor. That is what can call the wind and call the rain. I used to take orders from Grandma Yuyun, and I didn't have any affection for Meiyuelou. Now that Grandma is up again, I should hurry to curry favor. Once she is hated, is there still a place for her in the mansion

The daughter-in-law of Xue's family, who can see clearly, naturally has to work hard to curry favor with Su Nuannuan. The warm and thoughtful service and flattery made Su Nuannuan deeply appreciate the beauty of power. Especially seeing the six or seven-inch long sea prawns that were just fished out of those large buckets, a sea crab weighing two catties, hairtails as wide as a palm, and yellow croakers that are more than a foot long. And the last bucket of…

"This is... an eel?"

Su Nuannuan raised her head in surprise, but Honglian Xiangyun beside her screamed, turning her head and never daring to look at the big wriggling ball in the bucket. Grandma said it was an eel, but it was clearly a snake-like thing. Does anyone dare to eat something like this

"Oh, Ms. Wang, you are so stupid. Why did you take this thing? Can you afford to scare grandma?" Xue's daughter-in-law reprimanded loudly, but Su Nuannuan said in displeasure: "Why, you still want to Can't hide it?"

Hiding... Hiding privately

The daughter-in-law of the Xue family was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly called Chuang Tianqu, and said again and again: "Grandma, how dare the slaves hide their secrets? It's really such a thing that can't be put on the table, and it looks ugly and scary. This is going to the village with the housekeepers." Liu Erzhu, the rent collector, thought that her daughter-in-law had just given birth and had nothing to eat, so she brought it in and asked me to help her clean it up so that she could eat it for her daughter-in-law. The masters are rich and precious, but they dare not eat this Pickle something."

I was taken aback. It turned out that it was brought from Zhuangzi, so it was normal. I thought the eels in this time and space lived in sea water. Su Nuannuan caressed her chest, listening to Xue's daughter-in-law chattering there, she was also a little strange, secretly wondering if people in this time and space don't eat eels? Are you so stupid? Let them waste the good food.

"Okay, don't rush to explain, I believe you didn't intend to hide your secrets." Su Nuannuan interrupted Xue's daughter-in-law, and then discussed: "But I like this eel very much, why don't you see how much the price is suitable, How about selling it to me?"

"Oh, grandma likes it. That's why Liu Erzhu and his family burned high incense. What kind of money do you want? Grandma just eats it. Slaves can be the masters, and there is nothing wrong with keeping their house."

The daughter-in-law of the Xue family patted her chest, but Su Nuannuan said with a smile: "That's not what you said, Hong Lian, I brought five taels of silver back to the Xue family." Give it to Liu Erzhu’s daughter-in-law, let her buy some nourishing supplements for breastfeeding.” This bucket of rice field eel weighs thirty to forty catties, and it is said that it can sell for one tael of silver in the market is a good sign, because people in this era are ugly because of eels Disgusting appearance, don't really recognize this. Because Xue's daughter-in-law repeatedly declined, seeing Su Nuannuan's refusal, she said that one or two taels of silver was enough, but Su Nuannuan pitied the breastfeeding daughter-in-law and finally asked her to accept the five taels of silver. So all the people in the kitchen are very grateful. Up to now, they can no longer feel the change of this grandma. She is really a wooden person.

"Grandma, what are you going to do? The servant girl is here to help you." Xue's daughter-in-law was in high spirits. Seeing that Su Nuannuan rolled up her sleeves, it was obvious that she was going to fight in person, so she hurriedly took out a brand new apron from the cabinet , cautiously said: "This is the new apron I prepared. I haven't put it on yet. Grandma will see if I can use it as it is. It would be a pity if your satin clothes are stained with oily smoke."

Su Nuannuan smiled and said, "Thank you." After speaking, he asked everyone to prepare three to five catties of shrimp and rice field eels for backup. Upon hearing this, Xue's daughter-in-law quickly asked, "What is grandma doing?"

Su Nuannuan said: "Shrimp fried eel noodles, let the ancestors have a taste of this fresh taste today, the summer is hot and the stomach function is weak, it is best to eat some noodles." If she didn't eat it, she smiled, and said confidently: "Don't worry, it's none of your business if you don't eat it, isn't it me? Just prepare the ingredients for me."

After everyone heard this, they were relieved, and in a short while, they washed and peeled four or five catties of shrimp, removed the gut, washed the rice field eel, and cut it into fish pieces according to Su Nuannuan's instructions. Then I saw Su Nuannuan put the shrimps into the bowl, added salt, and beat a few more eggs, picked out the egg yolk, slipped the egg white into the bowl, stirred it in one direction with chopsticks until it became thick, and added some sweet potato powder , when the shrimps are thick and tender, this step is called pulping shrimps, and then put the pulping shrimps into the pot with boiling water for a while, and the shrimps will quickly turn into jade white, and then they will be picked up by a colander and put aside spare.

Then heat the frying pan on a high heat, oil the pan, add vegetable oil, and when the oil is half-baked, put the eel segments into the wok and fry them. Small bubbles, square into a colander, drain the oil.

Su Nuannuan didn't clear the scene, so Xue's daughter-in-law and mothers-in-law were naturally happy to pretend to be confused and stay. At this time, they watched without blinking, and suddenly heard her order to boil water and boil noodles, and Xue's daughter-in-law did it herself, making noodles while Looking to the side, I saw that Su Nuannuan put two tablespoons of lard in the pot, put in onion and ginger and stir-fried for a while, then put the fried eel into the pot and stir-fried, added soy sauce and Shaoxing wine , sugar, bone broth and other ingredients, only half of the soup was left after a short fire, and then it was boiled and placed in a silver basin for later use.

At this time, the noodles were boiled and floated, Su Nuannuan waited for a while, picked them up, and floated them in cold water. Then put the frying pan on high heat, put in the soup, add soy sauce, decant the raw juice of fried eel slices, put in the noodles when the soup boils, skim off the white foam, and put three more pieces of pork belly. Oil, when the soup is concentrated, pour cooked lard on it, divide this large pot of noodles into more than ten bowls, spread the fried eel section on the surface, then put shrimps on it, and finally pour cooked sesame oil , the fragrant and sweet shrimp fried eel noodles are ready.

At this time, the whole kitchen was filled with the fresh aroma of noodles. The women sniffed vigorously and laughed, "It's still the old lady who knows people with eyesight. No wonder the grandma is here to clean up these seafood. We do so in the kitchen." How could I smell such a good smell. If it wasn't for the masters to enjoy, I would take the pot and pour it into my stomach."

The daughter-in-law of Xue's family also laughed and said, "Bah! Are you afraid of bragging, flashing your tongue, and pouring the pot? You are not afraid of scalding your stomach." After speaking, she turned to Su Nuannuan and smiled: "Grandma, don't blame these old It's vulgar, it's because your noodles with shrimp and eel smell so good."

"Not only does it smell good, but it tastes even better. Don't worry, I've cooked too much, and the old ladies and wives can't eat it, and you share the rest?" Su Nuannuan said nonchalantly, and as soon as she said a word, the people in the kitchen They were all overjoyed and clapped their hands together in thanks.

Here Honglian said: "Grandma, it's not unreasonable to just make this kind of noodles, what else do you want to make?"

Su Nuannuan said: "To eat this noodles, it's best to have a few small dishes. When I first came in, I saw pig ears just out of the pan. I cut some and mixed them with cucumbers, and then I got some celery and peanuts. By the way, you go back to Meiyue Lou, cut our pickled mustard into a plate, and I'll get some tea eggs here, that's all."

"What are tea eggs?"

The people in the kitchen spoke in unison, startled Su Nuannuan, and then sighed deeply, secretly thinking that this time and space doesn't even have tea eggs, how do people survive? This is too bad mouth, right? Poor, really poor.

So I quickly found all the seasonings such as star anise, tea, tangerine peel, salt, rock sugar, rice wine, soy sauce, etc. in the kitchen. I added water to the pot and put dozens of eggs in it. Cook for another ten minutes, then turn off the heat and remove.